BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ef009827bac3fe0e0049d65d2ec5ac99107 CATEGORIES:Clinical Division SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: The Love Lives of Straight Narcissistic Men DESCRIPTION:
Hosted by: Lawrence Josephs, PhD
Straight narciss
istic men and their disgruntled female partners often present for individua
l and couples therapy. Research suggests that such men tend to be more prom
iscuous, more likely to engage in infidelity, more likely to have anger man
agement problems, less likely to be forgiving of relational transgressions,
and more contemptuous of their female partners. Though often making good f
irst impressions, they become less appealing with familiarity. They tend to
be low in empathy and remain unaware of the interpersonal impact that thei
r narcissistic behavior has on their female partner’s mental states. They a
re often perplexed by the negative reactions that their female partners hav
e to their narcissistic behavior which is ego-syntonic. The talk will cente
r on a mentalization-based approach to helping straight narcissistic men un
derstand the impact that their behavior has on their female partner’s menta
l states and to coaching such men on how to have more constructive conflict
discussions with their partners.
Lawrence Josephs, Ph.D. is a p
rofessor at the Derner School of Psychology at Adelphi University. He is al
so in private practice in Manhattan. Dr. Josephs is on the editorial board
of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and is a frequent r
eviewer for Personality and Individual Differences. His most recent book; <
em>The Dynamics of Infidelity: Applying Relationship Science to Psychothera
py Practice was published by the American Psychological Association as
was a training video; Restoring Trust After Infidelity. Dr. Josep
hs has a Psychology Today blog called Between the Sheets: The
Hidden Psychology of Intimate Relationships that has over one million
views.
This event is not eligible for continuing educatio n credit.